Homeward bound- stop Yardie & Coral Bay

I can't lie...sailing into winter sucks 😔. It feels like we are ⛵️ uphill, going against the prevailing winds & the opposite diirection to annual migration of yachts & the transition from bathers to uggs has knobs on it. On the plus side the 🐋 🐳 are out in numbers and providing us daily entertainment. We have done a fair bit of motor sailing along the inside of reef - beautiful, avoids the
ocean bumps & we have found a few new tracks/short cuts. This meant bombie watch and a couple of 😲 moments for me. We stayed a few days North of Pt Cloats to let a strong S/SE blow past. We were planning to dive on a nearby ship wreck but as neither of us were prepared to trade our warmies for a wetsuit we agreed it was a "next time" activity. We got into Coral Bay late yesterday through the North Passage...this was an emergency stop as we had run out of red 🍷. Our relaxing arvo (not) involved a 2 km walk into town, a beer at Bill's, quick wine shop, buy trolley (to carry wine), grab jerry of backup fuel and then a return hike to Marina. We are exiting via South Passage this morning, we have made it through reef and are now off to Warroorra. We are hoping to stay @ Pelican Pt for about a week so Teddles can get a 🌊 & we are told the diving is some of the best on Ningaloo coast 🤞 (if we can brave chilly water). Will hope for a weather window, anything not on our nose, to get to Red Bluff next weekend.Read more